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merrick and have the right to self- defense. they have the right to have guns in their homes to protect their families. no one can take away those rights or their guns. the second man that rights are the foundation on which our discussion rest. they are not at risk. what is at risk is lives. lives are wrist when responsible people fail to follow laws to keep guns out of that hands of those who use them to commit murder, especially mass murders. i ask we focus our discussion on additional statutory measures to better protect our children and all americans. i say this as a parent and the grandparent. ours is a free society, and open society. we come together today to consider how to become a safer and more secure society. no one begrudges the government assistance provided to victims of mass tragedies made possible by those law we passed after the bombing in oklahoma city. the bill introduced last week against gun trafficking will soon prove helpful and i believe it will become an accepted part of our free more. it, too, is common
merrick and have the right to self- defense. they have the right to have guns in their homes to protect their families. no one can take away those rights or their guns. the second man that rights are the foundation on which our discussion rest. they are not at risk. what is at risk is lives. lives are wrist when responsible people fail to follow laws to keep guns out of that hands of those who use them to commit murder, especially mass murders. i ask we focus our discussion on additional...
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theory. -- self-defense. it will take leadership, commitment and resources to respond to the national epidemic of gun violence. although more money and more people rarely solve problems alone, it is important to note the size of a tiff relative to the mission is expected to perform. atf is a federal agency comprised of fewer than 4800 employees. that is 4800 employees. far smaller than a florida brouwer county sheriff's department. of the still, fewer than 2500 are special agents handled 800 are inspectors. at the same time, the gun industry is growing. the number of gun sales per 80th investigator, which is over 14,000 -- per atf investigator, which is over 14,000, has nearly doubled since 2003. the agency needs leadership here since august 4, 2006, the agency charged with preventing gun violence in america has been without a confirmed leader. a lot has changed since 2006. atf needs to change. a primary attraction is the failure to nominate a permanent director of during my final months at atf, i've realized
theory. -- self-defense. it will take leadership, commitment and resources to respond to the national epidemic of gun violence. although more money and more people rarely solve problems alone, it is important to note the size of a tiff relative to the mission is expected to perform. atf is a federal agency comprised of fewer than 4800 employees. that is 4800 employees. far smaller than a florida brouwer county sheriff's department. of the still, fewer than 2500 are special agents handled 800...
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merrick and have the right to self- defense. they have the right to have guns in their homes to protect their families. no one can take away those rights or their guns. the second man that rights are the foundation on which our discussion rest. they are not at risk. what is at risk is lives. lives are wrist when responsible people fail to follow laws to keep guns out of that hands of those who use them to commit murder, especially mass murders. i ask we focus our discussion on additional statutory measures to better protect our children and all americans. i say this as a parent and the grandparent. ours is a free society, and open society. we come together today to consider how to become a safer and more secure society. no one begrudges the government assistance provided to victims of mass tragedies made possible by those law we passed after the bombing in oklahoma city. the bill introduced last week against gun trafficking will soon prove helpful and i believe it will become an accepted part of our free more. it, too, is common
merrick and have the right to self- defense. they have the right to have guns in their homes to protect their families. no one can take away those rights or their guns. the second man that rights are the foundation on which our discussion rest. they are not at risk. what is at risk is lives. lives are wrist when responsible people fail to follow laws to keep guns out of that hands of those who use them to commit murder, especially mass murders. i ask we focus our discussion on additional...
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and have the right to self-defense. they have the right to have guns in their homes to protect their families. no one can take away those rights or their guns. the second man that rights are the foundation on which our discussion rest. they are not at risk. what is at risk is lives. lives are wrist when responsible people fail to follow laws to keep guns out of that hands of those who use them to commit murder, especially mass murders. i ask we focus our discussion on additional statutory measures to better protect our children and all americans. i say this as a parent and the grandparent. ours is a free society, and open society. we come together today to consider how to become a safer and more secure society. no one begrudges the government assistance provided to victims of mass tragedies made possible by those law we passed after the bombing in oklahoma city. the bill introduced last week against gun trafficking will soon prove helpful and i believe it will become an accepted part of our free more. it, too, is common
and have the right to self-defense. they have the right to have guns in their homes to protect their families. no one can take away those rights or their guns. the second man that rights are the foundation on which our discussion rest. they are not at risk. what is at risk is lives. lives are wrist when responsible people fail to follow laws to keep guns out of that hands of those who use them to commit murder, especially mass murders. i ask we focus our discussion on additional statutory...
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defense budget is the biggest issue of all for hagel. if confirmed, he will step into a situation where, failing new congressional budget under the automatic spending cuts due march 1. hagel has said that the defense in many ways has been bloated. i think the pentagon needs to be pared down.' yet one round of defense cuts has already been agreed upon. the cuts are somewhere between $350 billion and $487 billion over the next 10 years. but on march 1, if no further action happens, another $500 billion will be taken out of its 10-year plan. some have noted that annual defense spending would still exceed the cold war average even after such reductions. but the automatic cuts are not wise, and i hope hagel will say no." again, this op-ed is in "usa today." back to live pictures from the senate armisticearmed services e room. colorado, independent line. you are on "washington journal." what are your thoughts on the secretary of defense nomination? caller:i like it. i think him of being a veteran, he would not put our servicemen in harm's way.
defense budget is the biggest issue of all for hagel. if confirmed, he will step into a situation where, failing new congressional budget under the automatic spending cuts due march 1. hagel has said that the defense in many ways has been bloated. i think the pentagon needs to be pared down.' yet one round of defense cuts has already been agreed upon. the cuts are somewhere between $350 billion and $487 billion over the next 10 years. but on march 1, if no further action happens, another $500...
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we cannot even secure national defense secrets now. the arts are that if we kept that registry -- and it is illegal now. if you go to the system, they can check you but they cannot keep the record. it is checked and then there is no cost to canada had a big registry but they just stopped it because it did not do anything. in the 60's and the 80's, people had to keep track of ammunition sales. finally the government said this makes no sense because ammunition is a commodity and that does not do any good. it takes tons and tons of paperwork to look at it. the question is what works and what doesn't work. >> you mentioned that there are plenty of democrats who were members of your organization. it seems to me that maybe the most prominent democrat associated with the nra is harry reid. i don't know if he still is a member, but i wonder if you could characterize the relationship with harry reid over the years and also talk about what you have communicated about with the man who will decide on whether a gun restriction law is brought to the
we cannot even secure national defense secrets now. the arts are that if we kept that registry -- and it is illegal now. if you go to the system, they can check you but they cannot keep the record. it is checked and then there is no cost to canada had a big registry but they just stopped it because it did not do anything. in the 60's and the 80's, people had to keep track of ammunition sales. finally the government said this makes no sense because ammunition is a commodity and that does not do...